Amphisbaenidae

Amphisbaena alba

Класификация

Класификация: Amphisbaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia Cladus: Amphisbaenia

Familia: Amphisbaenidae
Genera (12): Amphisbaena – Ancylocranium – Baikia – Chirindia – Cynisca – Dalophia – Geocalamus – Leposternon – Loveridgea – Mesobaena – Monopeltis – Zygaspis

Име

Amphisbaenidae Gray, 1865

Позовавания

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1865. A revision of the genera and species of amphisbaenians with the descriptions of some new species now in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 365–377. BHL

Additional references

• Loveridge, A. 1941. Revision of the African lizards of the family Amphisbaenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 87: 353–451. BHL Reference page. 
• Vanzolini, P.E. 1951. A systematic arrangement of the family Amphisbaenidae (Sauria). Herpetologica 7(3): 113–123. JSTOR
• Gans, C. 2005. Checklist and bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 289: 1–130. hdl: 2246/457 Reference page. 
• Mott, T. & Vieites, D.R. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics reveals extreme morphological homoplasy in Brazilian worm lizards challenging current taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.01.014 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro, S., Nogueira, C., Cintra, C.E.D., Silva Jr., N.J. & Zaher, H. 2011. Description of a new pored Leposternon (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the Brazilian Cerrado. South American Journal of Herpetology 6(3): 177–188. DOI: 10.2994/057.006.0303 Reference page. 
• Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2013. A molecular phylogeny for sub-Saharan amphisbaenians. African Journal of Herpetology 62(2): 100–108. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2013.824927 Reference page. 

Местни имена

Deutsch: Eigentliche Doppelschleichen
English: Typical Worm Lizards
português do Brasil: Cobras-de-duas-cabeças

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